Averted and Impeded

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Impeded and averted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impeded" instead a verb "Averted".

Nearby Words: averting, avertable

Impeded adjective - Made difficult or slow.

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Averted and impeded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Averted" instead a verb "Impeded".

Nearby Word: impeding

Impeded Messenger: Both averted and lampshaded in Thurlow's race to Parliament before the Regency bill passes.

Source: Film / The Madness of King George
In the Discworld novel Thief of Time, it was mentioned that an Impeded Messenger example was averted when shortly after his horse threw a shoe, the messenger just 'happened' to run into a traveling peasant with a portable forge.

Source: Impeded Messenger

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